E5 North Cook Islands

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E5 North Cook Islands

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E5 – North Cook Islands
E51WL, Warwick, says “finally, an end to this disaster is in sight.” He is now scheduled to leave New Zealand on July 25, arriving on Penrhyn Atoll on July 28. He has had five months with no work and no income. Warwick says he will get on the air toward the end of July, as quickly as he can. He is excited to be taking with him a 2M amplifier to do EME and antenna which, he says, “Some of you may be able to hear from north.” ZL1RS, Bob, has helped get things together for the return. On QSLs, he says couriers lost his cards for 3-1/2 months but they have just now shown up so he has sent out all the cards up to date. He expects a “mountain of cards” is waiting for him back on Penrhyn, “so please be patient.” The postal service from the island may still be a problem.

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E5/N – North Cooks – E51WL, Warwick, made it to the South Cooks
but was not able to continue on to his home on Penrhyn Atoll.
He is hopeful that he will be able to get to the North Cooks on Saturday.

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E5/N - North Cook Islands
Warwick Latham, E51WL, on Penrhyn Atoll, North Cook Islands, is operating as time permits, he says, on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 and has even made some contacts on 10 and 6. His Acom amp has been repaired thanks to Val at Acom. The amp gives him 6M high power capability again and he made EME QSOs at his moonrise with two of the big guns in late September, with his fixed elevation antenna. He can do moonrise and moonset from 0 to 20 and 20 to 0 elevations. He has built his 2M OWL 9-element beam and is looking at ZL for WSPR beacon signals from ZL1RS.

Email him if you want to try EME “at reasonable conditions for me,” he says. Warwick says QSLs go out on every outgoing airplane flight as usual but Cook Islands postal does not send inbound mail regularly. To avoid the potential six month delay and cost of an SASE containing USD to cover his postage back to you, he has offered to respond to PayPal remittance to cover his mailing cost, with QSO info in the PayPal note. He says this avoids the possibility of anyone in the postal process from stealing the cash sent in envelopes. His PayPal account is: [email protected]. US $3 covers his mailing cost.



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